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Martin Elementary second-grader, Parker Asberry, was honored as Student of the Month for February. Parker is in Ms. Melissa Buffkin's second-grade class. Ms. Buffkin says, "Parker always does what I a...

Cumberland County traveled to DeKalb County High School for District games on Tuesday. The Lady Jets recorded a 52-48 win over the Lady Tigers. The Jets dropped a 71-66 decision to DeKalb County in th...

Two of three inmates who escaped from the Sullivan County Jail on Friday died after crashing a stolen car in Brunswick County, North Carolina. Fugitives Tobias Carr, 38, and Timothy Sarver, 45, were b...

A woman was found killed in a Cookeville apartment on Sunday following a welfare check by police officers. The victim was identified as Lyndzy Bounds. Cookeville detectives obtained a warrant for firs...

The Cumberland County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) are seeking more Earth Team volunteers to help with the 3rd annual Weed Wra...

According to a post on the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office Facebook page, a Crossville woman has been charged with introduction of contraband into the Rutherford County Jail. Jail Administrator Kev...

In separate, unrelated incidents, two male Rutherford County inmates died over the weekend. Gage Dalling, 28, of Smithville, was found unresponsive in his cell Friday morning and later died at the hos...

A Hamilton County Criminal Court judge has sentenced Janet Hinds to 11 years in prison for the fatal hit and run death of a Chattanooga Police Officer. In 2019, Hinds was charged with Vehicular Homici...

Gov. Bill Lee is proposing extending critical early intervention services through the Tennessee Early Intervention System (TEIS) to children with disabilities and developmental delays in his FY23 budg...

SMYRNA, Tenn. - More than 145 Soldiers from the Tennessee National Guard's 1st Battalion, 181st Field Artillery Regiment, returned home, Feb. 6, after a successful 10-month deployment to the Middle Ea...